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Quick facts about North Carolina [1]

Quick Facts About North Carolina

North Carolina is in the United States and is bordered by Virginia, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean.

Map of US highlighting North Carolina

Governor [2]: Patrick McCrory
Find US Representatives [3] for North Carolina
Find US Senators [4] for North Carolina
North Carolina General Assembly [5] (NC State Legislature)
Official State Symbols [6]
2010 population: 9,535,483 (from US Census Bureau [7], information released 12/21/2010). North Carolina is the tenth largest state in the United States based on population.
Total land area in 2000: 48,710.88 square miles (State and County Quickfacts: http://quickfacts.census.gov [8])
Number of counties: 100
Distance between Murphy and Manteo the furthest towns in NC:
- Driving: 546 miles
- Direct ("as the crow flies"): 474.5 miles
Highest point in North Carolina: Mount Mitchell [9]
Date it became a state: November 21, 1789
Other statistics:
- Crime Statistics [10]
- Public education: reports and statistics [11]
State name and nicknames [12]

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Image credit:

Gleason, David B. 2009. "Mount Mitchell view." Flickr user mindfrieze. Online at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindfrieze/202502537/ [13].

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Underhill, Michelle Czaikowski [14]

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26 May 2010 | Underhill, Michelle Czaikowski

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[1] http://ncpedia.org/about/quickfacts
[2] http://www.governor.state.nc.us/
[3] http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/index.html
[4] http://senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?State=NC
[5] http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
[6] http://ncpedia.org/symbols
[7] http://www.census.gov
[8] http://quickfacts.census.gov
[9] http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/momi/main.php
[10] http://crimereporting.ncdoj.gov/
[11] http://www.ncpublicschools.org/data/reports/
[12] http://ncpedia.org/history/nameandnicknames
[13] http://www.flickr.com/photos/mindfrieze/202502537/
[14] http://ncpedia.org/category/authors/czaikowski-michell
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